irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoJust opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square111fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1438arrow-down1imageJust opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.lemmy.dbzer0.comirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square111fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoThat’s what you get with berries concentrate (a supply-chain thing) and sugar. But not so with self-made jam. Mold hates acidic environments. The jam rather dries out than getting moldy.
minus-squareEl care ñá@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 months agoNot true. My mom’s jams get moldy all the time. Maybe not all jams are acidic enough.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoMy moms jams do get moldy though.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoWhat jam is it? My mom is a farmer and makes all kinds of jam, never saw mold there the last 30 years.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAll sorts really. She’s a farmer also. She gives me a lot and I tend to forget them in the fridge. I can tell you plum jam has mold. She adds little sugar, maybe that’s a reason.
minus-squareEl care ñá@feddit.cllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoMaybe your dad properly sterilizes his jars.
minus-squareImhotep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI know she pasteurizes some foods and sterilizes others, don’t know which for jams
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe lice hate the powdered sugar.
That’s what you get with berries concentrate (a supply-chain thing) and sugar.
But not so with self-made jam. Mold hates acidic environments. The jam rather dries out than getting moldy.
Not true. My mom’s jams get moldy all the time. Maybe not all jams are acidic enough.
My moms jams do get moldy though.
What jam is it? My mom is a farmer and makes all kinds of jam, never saw mold there the last 30 years.
All sorts really. She’s a farmer also. She gives me a lot and I tend to forget them in the fridge. I can tell you plum jam has mold.
She adds little sugar, maybe that’s a reason.
Maybe your dad properly sterilizes his jars.
I know she pasteurizes some foods and sterilizes others, don’t know which for jams
The lice hate the powdered sugar.